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[RFSS Dec 2013] Adm. Sinton was Naval Aviator #3124. He received his wings on January 11, 1924. On 1 May 1949 William is listed as Capt. William Sinton, U.S.N. Chief of Naval Air Basic Training, Naval Air Basic Training Command, Pensacola, Florida. My father was born in Gwatmey, Virginia (later consolidated into Richmond) on May 9, 1897. He died in Pensacola, Florida on 11/25/77. He and my mother were married in Newport, Rhode Island on August 18, 1922. He went to the Naval Academy and graduatd in 1919, the class of 1920 - they got out early because of WWI. He became a naval aviator shortly thereafter. In WW2, he comanded the aircraft Carrier USS Ticonderoga after it had been attacked by several kamikazes. He finished the war in Tokyo bay several days after the signing of the treaty with the Japanese. A slight digression - he went to look for Amelia Earhart in the 1930s He was transferred to Pensacola in 1946 where he was stationed until he retired in 1949 and became president of one of the Florida National Banks. [CSC Dec 2013] United States Social Security Death Index Given Name: William Middle Name: Surname: Sinton Name Suffix: Birth Date: 9 May 1897 Social Security Number: 263-44-3682 State: Florida Last Place of Residence: Escambia, Florida Previous Residence Postal Code: 32507 Event Date: November 1977 Age: 80 [RFSS Nov 2006] United States Department of Veterans Affairs SINTON, WILLIAM RADM US NAVY WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II DATE OF BIRTH: 05/09/1897 DATE OF DEATH: 11/25/1977 BURIED AT: SECTION 36 SITE 1776 BARRANCAS NATIONAL CEMETERY NAVAL AIR STATION, 1 CEMETERY ROAD, PENSACOLA, FL 32508 To view a map of the cemetery click Map [RFSS Jan 2011] Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998 Name: William Sinton Name Prefix: Name Suffix: Event Type: Death Event Date: 25 Nov 1977 Event Place: Escambia, Florida, United States Gender: Unknown Age: 80 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): Affiliate File Name: Fdi09.txt Affiliate Line Number: 117972 Affiliate CD Number: FDI09 Certificate Number: 80686 Volume Number: Note: [RFSS Nov 2013]
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| [ s907 ] | Social Security Death Index - United States of America - SS#: 090-28-9518 |
| [ s1304 ] | Military Record - United States Department of Veterans Affairs - Burial of William Sinton in Section 36, Site 1776, Barrancas National Cemetery, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, United States of America - ML1977-28-11-WS |
| [ s3182 ] | Marriage Certificate - City of Newport, Rhode Island - Transcript from the Record of Marriages for William Sinton and Christine Lee Lincoln on 19 August 1922 - Page 200, 8 August 1934 - MC1922-19-08-WS-CLL |
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